Webster BOE highlights integrated co‑teaching, literacy training and facility use; appoints temporary member

The Webster Central School District Board of Education on Jan. 14 appointed a temporary board member to fill a vacancy through the district’s May 20 budget vote and heard presentations on the district’s integrated co‑teaching program, elementary literacy trainer preparations and facility‑use trends before approving several routine financial and operational measures.

Board members said the temporary appointment is intended to preserve a four‑member quorum during the busy budget season. Board member Carol Chapman moved to approve the resolution to appoint the temporary member; Michelle (last name not specified in transcript) seconded the motion and the board voted in favor.

The meeting’s core instructional discussion centered on integrated co‑teaching (ICT), a model the district’s student services leaders described as an inclusive classroom partnership between general education and special education staff. Marjorie Marble, director of student services (elementary), told the board that “Integrated co teaching really marries together general education and special education,” and that ICT in Webster is run as a shared‑responsibility model, not as separate “my students/your…